Old Stucco Gallery from April, 2004

Check out my old stucco gallery, which is mostly pictures of jobs we did before 1999, when I registered my domain, and before digital cameras.

Industrial museum Harper's Ferry, West Virginia

Stucco and plaster at the Industrial museum in Harper's Ferry, West Virginia.

We did the stucco here in 1993. The original building was built in 1788, and stuccoed about 1820. We made the cool house print by nailing 2 x 4's up, and removing them after the mortar set up. There really was a house there at one time

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scored lines to simulate blocks

Pretty. We scored lines to simulate blocks and the wall was painted by an artist.

Finish coat is white portland cement and white sand

Last remaining "islands" of the original stucco show the marble paint. This area floods frequently, and the old lime and sand stucco doesn't hold up.

House finished awaiting paint

We built a rack to be able to score the block "joints" quickly. In 100 degree temperatures, white cement sets way too fast.

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Porch is covered with plastic and masonite before beginning

We plastered this house, too, when we were working in Harper's Ferry. We took over the museum from a contractor who got kicked off the job. We plastered the inside, too. Most of the work they did had to be sledge hammered off the wall.

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